OK, next story. Air pollution, it's well-documented that it can cause lung problems. But can it hurt the human brain. Researchers at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom say yes. They took a look at brain samples from dozens of people who live

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年9月

Reporter: Right. Tell me what had happened to Citibank. Not going all the way back-and I want to talk about risk management in a secondbut why was the stock collapsing? And why did you feel it was necessary to say we need to do something about short

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Vikram Pandit: Well, theressome of them are toxic, some of them are good. 潘迪特:对,但是有些是不良资产,有些资产是好的。 Reporter: OK. 记者:原来是这样。 Vikram Pandit: There are just too many of them, and there has

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Reporter: Vikram Pandit is here. He became CEO of Citigroup in December 2007, less than a year ago. He now finds himself leading the company during its most difficult time. He joins me for his first television interview since the economic crisis engu

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Food Distribution Increases in CAR 增加中非共和国食品供给 The World Food Program says emergency food supplies are reaching more people in Central African Republic. However, the main supply road from Cameroon to CARs capital Bangui remains

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(三月)

The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, but the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent for the third straight month. Although September's job growth was stronger than most economists were expecting, it is still not growing fa

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Foreclosures continue to rise in Florida and other U.S. states hit hard by the real estate crisis. Several Florida counties are trying to fight back against the problem by bringing banks and homeowners together to find a way to save troubled mortgage

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The United States has seen another jump in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. The news did not dampen investor exuberance in the United States or elsewhere, as financial markets worldwide rallied sharply higher. 美国又有更多

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Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrats

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. 我年轻时发现,我所做的十件里有九件失败,所以我增加十倍的努力。(George Bernard Shaw) 图片1

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Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 Tomorrow is April 20th4/20. It's sometimes called a High Holiday. Because for a lot of people, 4/20 is Marijuana Day. And for them it's kind of a tradition to start lighting up at 4:20 P.M. on 4/20. Whi

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US Adds 148K Jobs, Unemployment Falls to 7.2 Percent 美国增加了14.8万岗 位,失业率降至7.2% U.S. businesses added a modest 148,000 jobs in September, far short of the 180,000 analysts were expecting. Still, job gains were enough to lower t

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Humanitarian Groups Call for Increased Funding for Syrian Refugees 人道主义团体呼吁叙利亚难民资金增加 WASHINGTON Nearly 3 million people have fled Syria since the civil war there began, and more are leaving every day. Most of them cr

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今天我们要学的词是bulk up。Bulk up, 是增加,积累的意思。美国四月份就业报告出台,就业集中增加在一些低薪资行业。 Hiring by retailers rebounded, and food services and temporary-help agencies also bulked up,

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Patents, trademarks and designs. Standard copyright lawsuits now being heard in a specialist Intellectual Property court. The Guangzhou IP court opened on Wednesday. Sessions are being held in multiple hearing rooms, due to the large volume of cases.

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magistrate 长官 maiden 年轻未婚女子 majesty 最高权威 ;王权 malignant 怀恶意的人 ;恶性的 mammal 哺乳动物 manoeuvre / maneuver策略;调遣 /演习 marital 婚姻的;丈夫

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sociable 好交际的 ;友善的 sofa 沙发 solidarity 团结 solitary 独居者 ;孤独的 solo 独奏 sovereign 元首 spacious 广大的 specialist 专家 spectrum 光谱 spicy 辛辣的 ;有风

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salvation 拯救 sanction 核准 ;支持;鼓励;批准 sane 神智健全的 sarcastic 讽刺的 saturate 使渗透 scandal 丑闻 ;流言蜚语 scramble 攀缘 ;攀登;争夺 script 手写体

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A House of Representatives committee has voted down attempts by Republicans to restore more than $200 million for a planned U.S. missile defense system in Europe. A final decision on funding must await House and Senate votes on separate versions of a

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Rev Up Photosynthesis To Boost Crop Yields 提高光合作用能使作物增加产量 Photosynthesis is surprisingly inefficient, only of the order of one to two percent. And one of the main culprits is an enzyme called RuBisCo. 光合作用效率低得

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